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April 23, 2015

T – for Tribal Museum, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

There is a tribal museum at Pune in
Maharashtra; India.
The Pune darshan tourist bus takes us around for sight seeing. This museum is
just close to the railway station. This museum
exhibits the cultures of the tribal communities. There is no entry fee here, it is free and
this museum is closed on Sundays.

I
am glad to visit this tribal museum; its very interesting – I remember, once in
my previous organization, the head of my department wanted me to help a person
who has come from another state for the purpose of research. I was doing
research work in understand the tribal’s of Andhra Pradesh.

So
I was suppose to accompany him to meet a few tribal’s in the outskirts of Hyderabad,
so one whole day I was with this researcher who was busy taking information and
noting down in his diary. I was supposed to help him in speaking to these
people in Telugu.

This
particular group of tribes sells beautiful sculptures of God & Goddesses. They keep moving from place to place, there
is no permanent resident for them, and they just live for the day… they come
with their families and cook on the road side, their children are playing and
they work on sculptures for many months, sometime 6 months and at other times
even one year.

There are variety of tribes in India, they have their own occupation for survival, some live by hunting, fishing, growing vegetables, painting etc… now with the technological advancement, the tribes are getting displaced, their lands are taken for building, trees are cut, ocean is polluted..

They live a primitive life in the hilly regions.. their dress, dialect, customs and practices exhibit that they have a rich cultural heritage that is distinct from the others. These tribes lack in education, which makes their survival difficult, so they are forced to continue with their tradition of moving from place to place in search of work, which blocks them to fit in a settled society.

It is a common sight to see them moving with their families in caravans from place to place and stay in temporary structures.

The
government offers a lot of schemes for the tribes; they have tribal hostels,
free education, special quotas (privileges) for higher education, research
fellowships & employment. Since
they are not educated, they don’t have all these information with them to utilize
the services.

Today
I am inspired by the tribes; who live for the day (and not like us who keep
worrying about future and feel insecure;

The tribes remind me that the earth is
not a permanent place..

Hence I need to keep moving, travelling, enjoying the
journey in life and not look for permanent settlement, but begin each day as a
brand new one; and live to the fullest !!

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